A bandit; one who robs travelers upon the highway. … [Read more...] about HIGHWAYMAN
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HIDGILD
A sum of money paid by a villein or servant to save himself from a whipping. Fleta, L 1, c 47, I 20. … [Read more...] about HIDGILD
HIGLER
In English law. A hawker or peddler. A person who carries from door to door, and sells by retail, small articles of provisions, and the like. … [Read more...] about HIGLER
HIERARCHY
Originally, government by a body of priests. Now, the body of officers in any church or ecclesiastical institution, considered as forming an ascending series of ranks or degrees of power and authority, with the correlative subjection, each to the one next above. Derivatively, any body of men, taken in their public capacity, and considered as forming a chain of powers, as above … [Read more...] about HIERARCHY
HIGUELA
In Spanish law. A receipt given by an heir of a decedent, setting forth what property he has received from the estate. … [Read more...] about HIGUELA